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Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first issue, with all three first issue points present: the heading on p. 1 in rustic type; the woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 (suppressed in later issues); and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453. Octavo. pp. [iii-vii] viii-xiv, [1] 2-624. With 40 engraved plates, including the frontispiece and engraved title (with a tissue guard in between), and in-text wood engravings. This copy lacks the advertisement for The Great Hoggarty Diamond (pp. [i-ii]) preceding the frontispiece. Bound by Root & Son in three-quarter morocco and light blue cloth over boards, gilt spine with raised bands, plain endpapers, all edges gilt. The front board has been professionally restored along the joint, together with partial restoration at the top part of the back joint, else near fine with light scattered foxing, and a few small wisps of paper on the front pastedown (from the neat removal of a bookplate). A handsome copy.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 429846
- Title
- Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero
- Author
- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- EnglishLiterature, Humor, Art/Illustration, Bindings
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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